Films / Film detail
The Past
CZ, 1998, 95min.?
Using a pure film language, writer-director Ivo Trajkov explores the story of a deaf man driven through desperation to commit murder. Upon being released FROM jail he begins to search for his beloved but is hindered in his efforts by his… More
Synopsis
Using a pure film language, writer-director Ivo Trajkov explores the story of a deaf man driven through desperation to commit murder. Upon being released FROM jail he begins to search for his beloved but is hindered in his efforts by his handicap. Thanks to the consistently mute stylization, the film succeeds in very vividly allowing the viewer a glimpse of the internal world of the deaf.
| Director | Ivo Trajkov |
|---|---|
| Screenwriter | Ivo Trajkov |
| Story | Ivo Trajkov |
| Director of photography | Klaus Fuxjäger |
| Editor | Bára Kašťáková |
| Sound | Vladimír Chrenovský |
| Featuring | Karel Zima, Madla Zimová, Klára Melíšková, Petr Georgiev, Jaroslav Macháček, Mikola Hejko, Věra Bílá |
| Producer | Vladimír Chrenovský, Ivo Trajkov, Vladimír Štrvtňa |
| Genre | Feature |
| Production Companies | The World Circle Foundation |
| Distribution in Czech Republic | Bontonfilm |
| Sales | Filmexport Prague Distribution |
| Co-production | Česká televize |
| Premiere | 05.11.1998 |
| Award: | Finále-Plzeň 1999 – FICC Jury Special Mention, 45th IFF Taormina Arte- Taormina (Italy) 1999 – Silver Chyrybdis for best director, 28th IFF Figueira de Foz (1999) Portugal – Special Prize of the Jury, 5th Cinéma Tout Écran- Geneva (Switzerland) 1999, IFF Flagstaff (USA) 1999 |
